The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1887-03-04
For the Democrat-star.
BOOMS AND BOOMING.

that away down here IN the dark
corner OF Jackson county, almost
cut off fiom the outside world,
where tramps never come. Ii
pick up Il newspaper | find but lit
tie in them llInH accounts of bODuis.
Tue Florida being The latest, that
at St. Andrews Bay, wliere some
patriotic citizens have acquired all
the country around that Bay, aud
have surveyed aud laid it out into
lots and orange orchards, and are
now advertising extensively for
parties to send in their names that
they may make them deeds to a
city lot or an orange grove, as they
may select free of cost /; and in this
gift they are nor liberal thAnsour
government ever was in any Of her
homestead laws, for they do not
even require its occupancy. Why
this is thus | don't comprehend,
and therefore reserve the point for
future considerations. And looking
further into my mail matter | open
Il paper from Alabama aud III them
it is boom boom!! boom!i! in
fact boom is the heading OF almost
every editorial and advertisement
in the paper. We read accounts OF
immense lot sales at almost tabu-
lous prices in Birmingham, corner
lots at iorty thousand dollars, aud
this Infection has reached Tuska.
loosa, Montgomery, Selma aud
many other points, all predicated
upon the rich minerals ores crop
ping out all over North Alabama,
Georgia and Tennessee. AS TO The
existence OF these ores, lion, c03l,
etc., and in lar &c quantities there
is now no reasonable doubt, and
that lis results to the Southern
States will be immense III building
up large manufacturing interests,
and thereby diversifying the indus
tries of this section. Especially
building UP large COMMERCIAL and
manufacturing points at Tnskaloo-
SD, Montgomery, Selma aud Mobile.
These points being advaAtagcously
located and possessing water as
we'll us railroad transportation ia
cilities. Speaking further OF booms,
4 few days ago | bad occasion 10
go TO Mobile, TO arrange the pay
ment OF some past due taxes on
some property there, and whilst
sitting ia the back Office OF friend,
revolving the tax question i'll my
mind, IA gentlemen walked in and
euquited to know if | still owned
certain lots aud wished stosScll. |
answered afirmativelY and gave
him the price at which We had
offered them, bHt stated, that IN
view Of the advance IN property |
thought | might get Il certain fig
ure that l named aud which vas Il
Ian &c advance on what they had
been offered for. He at once asked
ii l would sell for the last named
6gnres. | told him | would. He
said he wonld take it, and as soon
as the titles conld be examined aud
Il deed made he would give me a
check, and he walked out. Left
alone, | relapsed into the consld,
Grafton of the tax question, al.
vance IN real estate, rlc., aud was
feeling livery comfortable when in
catpe a second boom, for that ii
what they were, and euquired it |
owned certain lots aud wished TO
sell. played The Yankee on him,
aud answered by asking it he wish
ed to purchase, aud what he would
give. He said lac wanted to buy
that he knew the property,and nam
ed u price that he would give,
which was $4,000 more than | had
just sold tor. L told him there u
an option upon it, and ii the party
did not take it | would accept his
offer. But l felt as blank as a tick.
ct in the louisiana Lottery, The
truth is, | was beat-beati for want
of sense to distinguish betWixJ a
boom and ordinary times. | have;
however, compromised with myself
upon the argument that | received
4 fair price for my property, and
that in the future | would be a little
more on the look cut for booms.
And now. Colonel, | will tell you
something. | have very strong
suspicion of Il considerable boom
this sea coast country soon.
III tell you why. Not long since,
the editor aud proprietor OF the
best conducted paper of this sec.
tion made Il sudden, rather mystic.
rious and p%rOtlacted visit 10 FlOri
da and soon thereafter he visited
Alabama and Tennessee, and mix
ing extensively With the boomer
OF those sections, and since
his return there seems to be Il diSpo
on the part of many TO en-
in the real estate brokerage
business. How many have taken
ont license this %deponent saith not,
but he ventures now to put the pre-
liclion upon record, that the real
estate agent who has the proper
qualifications, aud the means of
reaching the public by judicionsly
advertising, will reaaa rich harvest
the near future. $50 mote 1t BE-"
AMACUS.
Dark Corner, Feb. %, 1887.
-~
The Interstate Commerce Law.
w u:h,v, Def co~o Il ,.otrt